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Jenoptik Demonstrates its Innovative Laser Processing Equipment During SNEC 2012

Jenoptik Demonstrates its Innovative Laser Processing Equipment During SNEC 2012

Jenoptik's Lasers and Material Processing division exhibits its laser sources and laser machines to promote effective and innovative photovoltaic production in the markets of Asia. [More]
CLEO: 2012 Concluded After Demonstrating Applications in Ultrafast Lasers

CLEO: 2012 Concluded After Demonstrating Applications in Ultrafast Lasers

Following six-day long technical and business program promoting the R&D segments of lasers and electro-optics, the CLEO: 2012 was drawn to closure in San Jose. World-class engineers, researchers and business professionals delivered presentations based on optical sensing, ultrafast lasers, OCT, and nanophotonic devices. [More]
Canon EF8 15mm f4L Fisheye USM Lens Wins 2012 ‘Lens Of The Year Award’

Canon EF8 15mm f4L Fisheye USM Lens Wins 2012 ‘Lens Of The Year Award’

Canon Australia recently declared that the EF8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM interchangeable lens has been designated in Japan to receive the Camera Grand Prix 2012 “Lens of the Year Award.” [More]
Joint Laser Research Project with Jenoptik Achieves Science Award

Joint Laser Research Project with Jenoptik Achieves Science Award

Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, along with economy and science partners, has won the ‘Stifterverband science prize’ in Aachen on May 8, 2012. [More]

Scientists Measure Electron’s Quantum Phase Using Precisely Customized Laser Pulses

Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology are now able to study an electron’s removal from an atom by a powerful laser beam with a time resolution of below 10 as. [More]
ViewSonic Offers New Ultra- Thin Profile VX2460h-LED

ViewSonic Offers New Ultra- Thin Profile VX2460h-LED

ViewSonic, a supplier of computing, consumer electronics and communications solutions, recently declared its VX2460h-LED, the innovative LED backlit monitor solution that comes in a sleek configuration. [More]
Gigaphoton Korea Commences Business Operation

Gigaphoton Korea Commences Business Operation

Gigaphoton Korea, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gigaphoton, a manufacturer of lithography light source, has commenced business activity on May 01, 2012. [More]
Opgal to Demonstrate New Thermal Camera at IFSEC International 2012

Opgal to Demonstrate New Thermal Camera at IFSEC International 2012

Opgal Optronic Industries, a supplier of near IR illumination and innovative thermal imaging solutions recently declared that it will unveil the extensive EyeSecZoom 225 at IFSEC 2012. This advanced addition complements Opgal’s innovative series of thermal security cameras. [More]
NanoMarkets to Release its LED Phosphor Markets Report by May 2012

NanoMarkets to Release its LED Phosphor Markets Report by May 2012

NanoMarkets, an industry analyst firm recently declared that its publication schedule has been supplemented with a new report titled ‘LED Phosphor Markets – 2012’, awaiting its release during the week of May 28. The report will be offered at pre-publication rates from May 29. [More]
Lighting Science Group’s LED Lights Illuminate the Washington D.C. Streets

Lighting Science Group’s LED Lights Illuminate the Washington D.C. Streets

Lighting Science Group recently celebrated the achievement of phase I of the relighting project, along with Mayor of Washington, D.C. Vincent C. Gray and officials from the Department of the Environment (DDOE) and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT). This phase I project will help conserve annual energy costs, considerably. [More]
New Technology Integrated to General Electric’s New 100-W Equivalent LED Bulb

New Technology Integrated to General Electric’s New 100-W Equivalent LED Bulb

General Electric’s Energy Smart LED bulb, a new 100-W equivalent LED light bulb was recently unveiled at the Las Vegas Light Fair conference. This bulb utilizes only 27 W, though having the same light generation capability as that of 100-W conventional bulb. This bulb generates 1,600 lm of light. Having a color temperature of 3000 K (white light), this highly durable bulb can endure 23 years with three hours of operation per day. [More]
Specialised Imaging Ltd Draws International Audience to High-Speed Imaging Conference

Specialised Imaging Ltd Draws International Audience to High-Speed Imaging Conference

More than ten representatives recently attended Specialised Imaging Ltd's annual global distributors meeting at its Tring, UK, headquarters. A program of technical presentations, practical workshops and forums were attended by participants from China, Japan, Korea, Israel, Denmark and from Specialised Imaging subsidiaries in the USA and Germany. [More]
Volcanic Ash Cloud Studied Using LIDAR and Sun Photometers

Volcanic Ash Cloud Studied Using LIDAR and Sun Photometers

The ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull reached the Iberian Peninsula, airspace was temporarily closed and airports came to a standstill all over Europe in May 2010. The path of the volcanic cloud was followed at that time by scientists using laser detectors sun photometers, satellites, and other equipment. Two years later, the results and models that will enable aversion of such consequences due to such natural disasters have been published in the Atmospheric Environment Journal. [More]
Pixim Announces inMotion Nightwolf-Powered Cameras

Pixim Announces inMotion Nightwolf-Powered Cameras

Pixim, a supplier of imaging technology for enterprise security cameras, recently declared the launch of inMotion’s new camera series powered by Pixim Nightwolf. [More]
First Light Technologies Unveils its WLB Series Solar LED Bollard at 2012 LIGHTFAIR

First Light Technologies Unveils its WLB Series Solar LED Bollard at 2012 LIGHTFAIR

First Light Technologies declared the launch of its WLB Series Solar LED Bollard that will be widely used for landscaping applications, low-level architectural and commercial way finding. [More]
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